Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Pittsburgh
Aaron Mathews
WR • 6'4" • 220 lbs • Clairton, PA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Aaron Mathews reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Player Story
Aaron Mathews built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Clairton, PA wearing No. 6, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Aaron Mathews' career was his receiving role: 43...
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- Committed To
- Pittsburgh
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Aaron Mathews, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Aaron Mathews reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 572
- Receptions
- 43
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Aaron Mathews quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 572
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- Notre Dame
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Clairton · Pittsburgh
- High school pipeline
- Clairton · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2019 Receiving yards rank
- 220 receiving yards · WR 468th (top 46%) · ACC 69th (top 33%) · National 585th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 7 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 28.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 7 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 28.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 7 | 16 | 189 | 0 | 63.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 5 | 8 | 112 | 0 | 52.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 10 | 13 | 220 | 2 | 66.3 |
Related Context
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Aaron Mathews played WR for Pittsburgh. Across 4 tracked seasons, Aaron Mathews recorded 3 passing yards, -4 rushing yards, and 572 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Pittsburgh.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Pittsburgh paired 220 primary output with 86.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 44 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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2016 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Games
7
Receiving Yards / G
7.3
Efficiency
44
Usage
7.2
Consistency
23.4
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 35. Marshall: 2. Georgia Tech: 7. Virginia: 0. Miami: 9. Clemson: -2. Syracuse: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 2 by 100. Marshall: 1 by 13.3. Georgia Tech: 1 by 46.7. Miami: 1 by 60. Clemson: 1 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.4 · Games = 5 · -20.6 vs Losses
Losses22 · Games = 2 · +20.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
100 vs Northwestern
Player Story
Aaron Mathews story
Aaron Mathews built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Clairton, PA wearing No. 6, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Aaron Mathews' career was his receiving role: 43 catches, 572 receiving yards, and 1 touchdown across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 passing yards, 6 tackles, and 9 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Aaron Mathews' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Pittsburgh
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 51 | 44 | 7.2 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 51 | 44 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 189 | 71.6 | 10.2 | 138 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 112 | 81 | 10.4 | -77 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 220 | 86.3 | 6.2 | 108 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Notre Dame
Week 7 · L 14-19
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
47
Receiving Yards
82.9 takeover
47 receiving yards with a 78.3 efficiency score.
#2
@ Georgia Tech
Week 4 · L 17-35 · Conference game
50
Receiving Yards
81.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
50 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Northwestern
Week 1 · L 24-31 · Postseason
35
Receiving Yards
80.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
35 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Syracuse
Week 8 · W 27-20 · Conference game
57
Receiving Yards
79 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
57 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Rice
Week 5 · W 42-10
50
Receiving Yards
77 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
50 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
220 primary output · 86.3 efficiency · 6.2 usage
66.3
#2
2017 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
63.9
189 primary · 71.6 efficiency · 10.2 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
52.7
112 primary · 81 efficiency · 10.4 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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